Turns out that having all No. 1 seeds in the Final Four makes for pretty entertaining basketball.
As ridiculously good as the national semifinals were, no one will be pining to see Cinderella this late in the NCAA tournament next year.
In the opening game of Saturday night’s Final Four doubleheader, Florida rode Walter Clayton Jr.’s torrid shooting and improved second-half interior defense to a come-from-behind victory over SEC rival Auburn. Then in the nightcap, Houston held Duke to one field goal in the final 10 minutes, storming back from a 14-point deficit with eight minutes to go to deny Cooper Flagg a national title shot.